Pencils and Pens: Get the "write" stuff
The production and disposal of writing utensils has a surprisingly high environmental impact. Reduce the burden on forests and other natural resources with these pens and pencils from recycled products and sustainably harvested wood.
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Offers many choices of eco-friendly pens and pencils for corporate and academic organizations with your logo or imprint |
| Green Earth Office Supply | Made from recycled materials and biodegradable cornstarch |
| Pilot Pens | Economical pens, markers, and mechanical pencils made from recycled materials. |
| Ecofriendly pens | Pens made from recycled paper, recycled plastic, and biodegradable materials like corn and vegetable derivatives |
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| Dixon-Ticonderoga pencils | They don’t advertise it, but they’re made from sustainably-harvested wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) |
| Forest Choice | FSC-certified pencils |
| Green Earth Office Supply | Look for green pencils made from recycled money and blue pencils made using reclaimed denim from jean manufacturers |
| Paper Mate EarthWrite recycled pencils | Made from 100% pre-consumer waste materials |
| Smencil | Scented pencils from 100% recycled newspapers |
Why it’s important
Think writing instruments don’t add up to much? Consider this: More than 14 billion pencils are produced every year—enough to circle the globe 62 times. Add to that the billions upon billions of pens, highlighters, crayons, and markers, and suddenly that’s a lot of materials. Buying post-consumer recycled materials reduces the burden on natural resources. Buying products made with FSC-certified wood helps insure that when new wood is cut, it is done in a more responsible manner that is better for the forest and its inhabitants.
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